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Vulgarity Of The Verb To Write

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SmoothOperator Just Starting Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 1	Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:25 am    Post subject: Vulgarity Of The Verb To Write For yesterday's Russian I learned some irregular conjugations. Interesting is the Russian verb писать. There is a footnote on that verb, and this is what the footnote reads: "Be careful: if you stress this infinitive incorrectly, i.e., on the first syllable, it has a completely different and vulgar meaning. (The conjugated forms are not a porblem, as it is conjugated differently.)" I know how to pronounce and conjugate писать, but what does писать mean? Apparently my book does not say. What does it mean, and how do you conjugate the vulgar form?
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wavetossed WayToRussified Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 339	Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:34 pm    Post subject: I know the verb "to pee/to piss" from spoken Russian but not from written. The infinitive form sounds like pisit' to me or maybe pisyat' with the stress on the first syllable. pisayu pisaesh' pisaet pisaem The forms for "to write" use sh to sound different.
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AntoMax Frequent Guest Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 48 Location: Matrix	Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:40 am    Post subject: What wavetossed said LoL funny that you mention that...
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charles Lounge Lizard Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 180 Location: USA	Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:59 pm    Post subject: It would be very bad to confuse "I write to you" with "I piss on you"!!
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Stanislav Frequent Guest Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 25 Location: St. Petersburg	Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:44 pm    Post subject: Indeed, this verb often causes problems to beginners, not only in the infinitive. The thing is that it is usually one of the first verbs that beginners learn, and they tend to conjugate it in the same way as "igrat'" or "znat'". Than indeed it means about the same as hte similar sounding English verb: pissat' / piss. In fact, they both seem to come from the same Proto-European root. Imagine saying "Yesterday I spent all day writing" - Vchera ya ves' den' pisal" with the wrong stress!
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